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'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush administration]] of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.

'''Joseph Charles Wilson IV''' (born [[November 6]] [[1949]]) is a retired [[diplomat]] of the [[United States Foreign Service]], who was posted to African nations and Iraq during the [[George H. W. Bush administration]]. During the [[George W. Bush administration]], after his retirement from foreign service, Wilson became known to the general public as a result of his controversial [[editorial|op-ed]] published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' on [[July 6]], [[2003]], four months after the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] began. In the op-ed, entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa," Wilson documents his February 2002 trip investigating whether Iraq purchased or attempted to purchase [[yellowcake]] from [[Niger]] in the late 1990s and accuses the [[George W. Bush]] administration of "exaggerating the Iraqi threat" in order to justify war."<ref name=wilsonoped>Joseph C. Wilson IV, [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/06WILS.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5007&en=6c6aeb1ce960dec0&ex=1372824000&partner=USERLAND "What I Didn't Find in Africa,"] ''New York Times'' [[July 6]], [[2003]], accessed [[September 17]], [[2006]].</ref> Despite being wholly discredited – and, in some cases, found to have lied outright - Wilson has since become a speaker and activist on behalf of Democratic causes, including campaigning and working for Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 election.